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insomniasexx · 4638 days ago · link · · parent · post: This American Life - Full Retraction (and my thoughts)
I'm sitting at lunch and my friend just brought up an important point: its terribly sad all this has happened because now people who initially listened to the story and now see a bazillion headlines calling mike a liar are going believe the entire story is fictional or a lie and choose not to care about an important issue. If he had just come out and said this is embellished or this didn't happen bit I heard about it, it would be a footnote rather than the huge media shit storm. TAL would've delved into the true and untrue statements, we would find out n.hexane is an issue with serious consequences and that's it. Blah.
thenewgreen · 4638 days ago · link ·
I'm one of the people that heard the story and thought, "wow this is horrible" and now that I know it was embellished I think, "wow, this is likely still horrible and man... is this guy a douche". So, it hasn't made me think the entire premise is fictional. I'd be willing to bet most listeners are the same.